"kermes" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: kermes [plural]
Etymology: PIE word *kʷŕ̥mis First attested ca. 1600, from French kermès, from Medieval Latin cremesinus (compare Italian chermes, Spanish carmes), from Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz) (whence also Portuguese quermes, alquermes), from a Persian word meaning “worm-colored” (compare modern Persian قرمز (qermez)), ultimately Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš (“worm”), possibly via borrowing from a Sanskrit formation. Related to carmine and crimson. For the semantic development, compare vermilion from Latin vermis (“worm”) and its cognates. Etymology templates: {{PIE word|en|kʷŕ̥mis}} PIE word *kʷŕ̥mis, {{bor|en|fr|kermès}} French kermès, {{der|en|la-med|cremesinus}} Medieval Latin cremesinus, {{cog|it|chermes}} Italian chermes, {{cog|es|carmes}} Spanish carmes, {{der|en|ar|قِرْمِز}} Arabic قِرْمِز (qirmiz), {{cog|pt|quermes}} Portuguese quermes, {{der|en|fa|-}} Persian, {{cog|fa|قرمز|tr=qermez}} Persian قرمز (qermez), {{der|en|iir-pro|*kŕ̥miš|t=worm}} Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš (“worm”), {{der|en|sa|-}} Sanskrit, {{doublet|en|carmine|crimson|nocat=1|notext=1}} carmine and crimson, {{m+|la|vermis||worm}} Latin vermis (“worm”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|kermes}} kermes (countable and uncountable, plural kermes)
  1. (countable) Any of several insects of the genus Kermes. Tags: countable Categories (lifeform): Scale insects
    Sense id: en-kermes-en-noun-c5qWbT8Z Disambiguation of Scale insects: 76 24 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 79 21
  2. (uncountable) A crimson dye made from the crushed bodies of these insects. Tags: uncountable Translations (the insect or the dye — see also carmine): κόκκος (kókkos) (Ancient Greek), किरिमदाना (kirimdānā) [masculine] (Hindi), क़िरमिज़ (qirmiz) [masculine] (Hindi), क़िरमिज़ी (qirmizī) (Hindi), किरमिजी (kirmijī) (Hindi), alkiermes [masculine] (Polish), quermes [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-kermes-en-noun-2j6DywT3 Disambiguation of 'the insect or the dye — see also carmine': 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: chermes, chermez, kermez Derived forms: kermes mineral, kermes oak (taxonomic: Quercus coccifera), kermesite

Alternative forms

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